Practice Areas Overview

Northwest Indiana Lawyer
Gary —Crown Point—Merrillville—Valparaiso

As a general practice law firm, Cohen and Thiros provides experienced legal services to families and individuals from throughout Lake County and in the surrounding areas of Northwest Indiana.

In addition to the following list of primary practice areas, we also provide our clients with high quality service in matters that concern business law, tax law, administrative law (professional licensing & disciplinary proceedings), Social Security disability, civil fraud litigation, and intellectual property law.

• Criminal Defense
  We represent individuals charged with all types of felonies and misdemeanors ranging from petty theft to drug trafficking. We also provide services in other criminal law matters including appeals, post-conviction relief, sentence modifications, expungement, and extraditions.
  
  
• DUI/ OWI/ OUI/ Traffic Violations
  Our attorneys regularly represent clients in drunk driving cases and in city and town court matters involving traffic tickets. Wherever possible, we work to have the charges against our clients reduced or dismissed.
  
  
• Personal Injury
  We represent clients in all serious personal injury and wrongful death cases involving auto accidents, railway accidents, train crossing accidents, boat accidents, product liability, premises liability, and more. We serve people with injuries including spinal cord damage, a burn injury, traumatic brain injury, loss of limb, and many others.
  
  
• Medical Malpractice
  Our firm handles matters involving negligence or malpractice including failure to diagnose, inattentive or negligent care, anesthesia-related incidents, birth trauma, and obstetric malpractice.
  
  
• Family Law
  We provide the full-spectrum of family law-related legal services in divorce, child custody, child support, visitation, parenting time, grandparents’ rights, adoptions, paternity, and Hague Convention (international child custody disputes) cases.
  
  
• Estates
  Our services include powers of attorney, wills, trusts, health care directives (living wills), guardianships, estate administration, probate, and packaged services that include a Durable Power of Attorney/Living Will/Simple Will combination.
  
  
• Real Estate
  We provide both residential and commercial real estate services related to purchase and sale agreements, contractor disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, and other related matters.
  
  
• Litigation & Appeals
  We provide litigation and appellate work on behalf of clients with cases in every area of our practice.

Whether you need an experienced Northwest Indiana criminal lawyer or were injured in an accident on I-65 and would like to know what your legal options are, contact us at our Merrillville office today and arrange for a free initial consultation regarding your case.